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giffords. susan was one of those wounded. bill, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> first of all let me ask you how your wife is doing. know her hip was shattered and in an interview, she talked about being haunted by what happened. how are both of you doing right now? >> suzie is very occupied and has been all along with her physical rehab, which she devotes five, six days a week to and is slowly trying to get her gait back in order. more importantly, though, she has tried to take the -- the energy that kind of gets brewed out of incidents like this and tried to turn it into something positive as have many of the victims, and she's devoted herself to a nonprofit that she's gotten started. and has gotten very involved with getting seniors in tucson to be mentoring underprivileged kids and get involved with their lives. so you look for ways to try to take something that's just this horrible and turn it into something positive for the community. >> it is always amazing to me the strength t
giffords. susan was one of those wounded. bill, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> first of all let me ask you how your wife is doing. know her hip was shattered and in an interview, she talked about being haunted by what happened. how are both of you doing right now? >> suzie is very occupied and has been all along with her physical rehab, which she devotes five, six days a week to and is slowly trying to get her gait back in order. more importantly, though, she has...
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and then earlier in the year, i was in arizona when gabby giffords and the others were shot there. and you do have a sense everywhere you go, obviously, that there is a senselessness to it, there is a lack of understanding, that no amount of information that we get about the shooter can truly help us to understand how someone could do this. but there is a heaviness here that is almost undescribable, ed. and i think it is related to the fact that we're looking at these young, innocent children that if a shooter goes into a elementary school and opens fire on a classroom, he knows that the victims are going to be children who should by all rights, as so many people have said, have their whole lives ahead of them. and the sense of loss, the enormity of the loss is difficult for me to put into words here tonight. >> chris jansing in newtown, connecticut. thank you for joining us tonight and reporting here on "the ed show" on msnbc. thank you so much. the magnitude of this tragedy is enormous for this community of newtown, connecticut. people are concerning to houses of worship and fait
and then earlier in the year, i was in arizona when gabby giffords and the others were shot there. and you do have a sense everywhere you go, obviously, that there is a senselessness to it, there is a lack of understanding, that no amount of information that we get about the shooter can truly help us to understand how someone could do this. but there is a heaviness here that is almost undescribable, ed. and i think it is related to the fact that we're looking at these young, innocent children...
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by the way, that is also what happened at the shooting with gabby giffords in arizona. obviously, the size of how many bullets are in a gun does make a difference. by the way, for those that are hunters and those that are sportsmen, they know darn well each of their states already have regulations. in other words, when they go duck hunting for deer hunting, there are only so many bullets they are allowed to have. are we going to give animals a better chance of surviving than we as human beings? >> congressmember mccarthy, a want to play a comment from west virginia senator joe manchin, who is a lifetime member of the nra. after the newtown shooting, he said monday on msnbc's "morning joe," that it is "time to move beyond rhetoric" on gun-control. president obama called senator manchin on tuesday to talk about this issue of gun control. >> i can honestly say i have gone deer hunting. i just came with my family from deer hunting. i never had more than three shells in a clip. sometimes you don't get more than one shot anyway. it is common sense. it is time to move beyond r
by the way, that is also what happened at the shooting with gabby giffords in arizona. obviously, the size of how many bullets are in a gun does make a difference. by the way, for those that are hunters and those that are sportsmen, they know darn well each of their states already have regulations. in other words, when they go duck hunting for deer hunting, there are only so many bullets they are allowed to have. are we going to give animals a better chance of surviving than we as human beings?...
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so much so when gabby giffords was shot, her civilian doctor called dr. reid and dr. armanda for advice. >> the biggest thing we're doing differently now is not trying to remove every fragment of bone or piece of metal penetrating into the cranual vault compared to previous conflicts, we're doing a larger incision. typically, we'll leave half of the skull off anywhere between 4 to six months and it's longer than a civilian sector. >> reporter: during the 12 years while limb prosthetics improved dramatically for the wounded warrior, so have skull prosthetics, going fromplastic to a new and improved titanium resisting infection and allows better facial reconstruction for the patient. one of the patients works for him and he is a former special operator medic who was blown up in january 2009. his skull was smashed when he was thrown into a concrete mall. >> -- wall. >> it's like swimming with false clothing on. can you do it but you're not as efficient and you slower and takes a hard time to get there and you awkward. until the brain actually catches up with what you wan
so much so when gabby giffords was shot, her civilian doctor called dr. reid and dr. armanda for advice. >> the biggest thing we're doing differently now is not trying to remove every fragment of bone or piece of metal penetrating into the cranual vault compared to previous conflicts, we're doing a larger incision. typically, we'll leave half of the skull off anywhere between 4 to six months and it's longer than a civilian sector. >> reporter: during the 12 years while limb...
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. >> i believe there were several reports over the weekend after the shooting of gabby giffords that the justice department drew up a list of recommendations to tighten gun checks so that it would be let's likely that some of these guns could get in the hands of someone who wasn't mentally stable and yet the justice department shelved it hasn't done anything about it with an election coming up. that's the thing. i said this at the top of the show. it's not ideas that are lacking. it's political courage on the part of the politicians. let's talk to rob out in the mayson city, iowa. hey, rob, good morning. >> how are you doing? untags good >> bill: good. what's your thought? >> i saw what happened friday. it's sick ended me. >> bill: tears you up. i told your screener, i am an nr member, not going to be any more. i am going to go sell my handgun today, after i drop my little girl off to school and i amplore anybody, if they don't want to make the same actions that i do for god's sake go get locks on your guns, lock them up. put them in a safe, you know. dis assemble them, make sure nob
. >> i believe there were several reports over the weekend after the shooting of gabby giffords that the justice department drew up a list of recommendations to tighten gun checks so that it would be let's likely that some of these guns could get in the hands of someone who wasn't mentally stable and yet the justice department shelved it hasn't done anything about it with an election coming up. that's the thing. i said this at the top of the show. it's not ideas that are lacking. it's...
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and if congressman gabby giffords getting shot in the head does not get congress to act, one doesn't know what will. so i'm not particularly optimistic, except that obama, who has not had a record of taking gun violence issues and making it a priority, said he did want some kind of meaningful action yesterday. now we'll see what he means and what he's actually going to do. >> we'll see what meaningful action means. >> goldie, let me come back to you. we've talked a little bit today about, obviously, the gun control aspect of this. we've talked a little bit about the mental health aspect of this. we haven't spent a lot of time talking about the culture that exists in this country. we glamorize guns. >> we do. >> we love guns. and it's not just that we have 300 million of them in this country, our video games, our movies, our songs. is it deeper than just access to guns? i mean, is there something in our psyche that's contributing to all of this? >> it is deeper than that. if you look at some of the cdc studies and national institutes of health, where you see persistent and pervasive p
and if congressman gabby giffords getting shot in the head does not get congress to act, one doesn't know what will. so i'm not particularly optimistic, except that obama, who has not had a record of taking gun violence issues and making it a priority, said he did want some kind of meaningful action yesterday. now we'll see what he means and what he's actually going to do. >> we'll see what meaningful action means. >> goldie, let me come back to you. we've talked a little bit today...
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he was wounded when a gunman opened fire on gabby giffords nearly two years ago. now what he's saying about gun control and the precarious nature of the fiscal cliff talks. >>> plus, a high honor for the late senator daniel inouye. >>> 11:45 this morning we expect the president and vice president to go to the brady press briefing room to announce the process for a response to gun violence in this country. you're watching "the daily rundown" only on msnbc. ♪ i'd like to thank eating right, whole grain, multigrain cheerios! mom, are those my jeans? [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multigrain cheerios that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement plans, they help save you up to thousands in out-of-pocket costs. call today to request a free decision guide. with these types of plans,
he was wounded when a gunman opened fire on gabby giffords nearly two years ago. now what he's saying about gun control and the precarious nature of the fiscal cliff talks. >>> plus, a high honor for the late senator daniel inouye. >>> 11:45 this morning we expect the president and vice president to go to the brady press briefing room to announce the process for a response to gun violence in this country. you're watching "the daily rundown" only on msnbc. ♪ i'd...
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guest: well, that was said after aurora and after getting gabby giffords in tucson. the polls never budged after those. the supreme court ruled clearly that the second amendment is an individual right. the way to change that is to have a change in the constitution. again, you can argue with the world the way you wish it or the way in which it is. do with the realities we have -- deal with the realities we have. the firearms are not going away. what are we going to do about law abiding people that want to protect themselves and others? that is the issue. host: another tweet for you. guest: the nra will have to speak for itself. i never understood why if you buy a gun at a gun show there should be less of a reporting of a background check then if you went into a store. most of this ground would have been there before, there it was after columbine or the cafeteria in texas. the texas incident is a tragic one. there was a woman that had a gun. she was going into the cafeteria and have begun with her. she decided to leave it in her car. 10 minutes later, a gunman showed u
guest: well, that was said after aurora and after getting gabby giffords in tucson. the polls never budged after those. the supreme court ruled clearly that the second amendment is an individual right. the way to change that is to have a change in the constitution. again, you can argue with the world the way you wish it or the way in which it is. do with the realities we have -- deal with the realities we have. the firearms are not going away. what are we going to do about law abiding people...
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i think there is so much like you say, emotion right now, and we talked about when gabby giffords was shot, and i remember crying day that happened, and i thought i can't imagine that happening to my father. and there was a little girl killed there -- >> yeah. a baby. >> stephanie: and you look at aurora -- >> the temple. >> stephanie: right. and if it's not different now, representative, how much more horrible does this have to be than twenty six-year-olds mowed down by an assault weapon? >> it can't get worse, and we don't even want to take the chance that it could get worse. and i think that it's a whole different image. i have a seven-year-old granddaughter and grandson and it's impossible not to think about them. >> stephanie: yeah. >> and i think that's what hand across america. what we can't allow to happen is to drag this out to the point where it loses momentum and then we move on to some other subject. >> stephanie: yeah exactly. representative, where are we going on this fiscal cliff? >> well, i think -- you know, boehner in an effort to try to appease the more extreme part
i think there is so much like you say, emotion right now, and we talked about when gabby giffords was shot, and i remember crying day that happened, and i thought i can't imagine that happening to my father. and there was a little girl killed there -- >> yeah. a baby. >> stephanie: and you look at aurora -- >> the temple. >> stephanie: right. and if it's not different now, representative, how much more horrible does this have to be than twenty six-year-olds mowed down by...
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he shot and killed six people and wounded 12 others, including gabby giffords. last july, police say james holmes wore a bullet proof vest and other tactical gear when he opened fire inside an aura movie theater. 12 people died in that, dozens more were injured. and it was april of 1999 when two young men shot and killed 13 people inside columbine high school in colorado. dr. michael bad sun a forensic pathologist who joins us. do you see a pattern here? >> i think the pattern is young men, early 20s, not women -- this is largely something that young men do and they often have significant mental illness that has been undiagnosed and untreated. sometimes because they're functioning all right and they wear sometimes goth clothing. but the problem is this is unusual and even with the multiple numbers that you gave, 31 or 41 incidents, does usually involve one or two people. not a mass murder as here with more than five murders. >> gregg: to that end, will it be important, the autopsy of the shooter? >> yeah. the autopsy is going to be very important to determine. f
he shot and killed six people and wounded 12 others, including gabby giffords. last july, police say james holmes wore a bullet proof vest and other tactical gear when he opened fire inside an aura movie theater. 12 people died in that, dozens more were injured. and it was april of 1999 when two young men shot and killed 13 people inside columbine high school in colorado. dr. michael bad sun a forensic pathologist who joins us. do you see a pattern here? >> i think the pattern is young...
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giffords case two years ago, and tucson, obviously this struck a chord with the american people. some people are suggesting it is the parallel to 9/11. and it's clear that the president is not going to let this one pass. tough rhetoric and nothing has happened but it's clear with the appointment of vice president biden to lead, in effect a task force with other cabinet members and,, as he said, members of outside organizations, members of congress, you're going to hear about this again in an action plan in the inaugural address. seems pretty clear to me, a month from now as well as in the president's state of the union speech, also a little over a month from now. he talked about mental health care. we need to make access to mental health care at least as easy as access to guns. he talked about the culture in hollywood that glorifies violence. i must say the vast majority of his comments what he will propose had to do with ounce about. he talked about getting rid of the assault weapons. about high-capacity magazines, background checks. i don't think this is going to lead to nothin
giffords case two years ago, and tucson, obviously this struck a chord with the american people. some people are suggesting it is the parallel to 9/11. and it's clear that the president is not going to let this one pass. tough rhetoric and nothing has happened but it's clear with the appointment of vice president biden to lead, in effect a task force with other cabinet members and,, as he said, members of outside organizations, members of congress, you're going to hear about this again in an...
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caller: the biggest problem in the gabby giffords shooting was the police knew this person should have been evaluated in an institution. there were complaints registered that he threatened to kill people. you have a failure of law enforcement involved in this. that was the beginning of the problem with the giffords thing. to talk about putting flags at half mast and doing something about gun control, you have to go across the board and texas on every level. the weapon level is very bad. you cannot have people buying assault weapons who do not know how to use them or are untrained and are not used for hunting. they are used to assault people and kill people. yes, this is a many faceted problem. it was only an illustration of two of the five things i measured. a failure of law enforcement to pick out somebody who was a problem, who was a threat to the neighborhood. who was a threat to himself and people surrounding him. host: we will leave it there. in "the washington post," yesterday, there was a story with the headline -- she is our guest on tomorrow's edition of "newsmakers." we wante
caller: the biggest problem in the gabby giffords shooting was the police knew this person should have been evaluated in an institution. there were complaints registered that he threatened to kill people. you have a failure of law enforcement involved in this. that was the beginning of the problem with the giffords thing. to talk about putting flags at half mast and doing something about gun control, you have to go across the board and texas on every level. the weapon level is very bad. you...
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he's delivered some very powerful speeches including after gabby giffords was shot, but following up with action. he said he supported on bringing a ban on assault rifles, hasn't done anything to sort of introduce any legislation or promote legislation. i think a lot of people are calling for him to react of the he reacted as a father by shedding tears and react as a president by pushing forward. i think you'll see the bills be introduced. people are looking to the white house to lead. will he say anything about it tonight, maybe not, but in the near future, the other question is what else is on his plate? talked about coming out strong on immigration and the fiscal cliff and the debt ceiling so there's a lot on his plate and how much momentum he wants to get behind this is very interesting. >> one of the things that struck me, i think that something else perhaps that this shooting will do is lay bear the chasm that exists, people in this country with mental problems, and it's becoming clear that this shooter had a host of mental approximate but the chasm that exists between those me
he's delivered some very powerful speeches including after gabby giffords was shot, but following up with action. he said he supported on bringing a ban on assault rifles, hasn't done anything to sort of introduce any legislation or promote legislation. i think a lot of people are calling for him to react of the he reacted as a father by shedding tears and react as a president by pushing forward. i think you'll see the bills be introduced. people are looking to the white house to lead. will he...
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giffords was shot. now just to show you how this dialogue really has changed, we started a group that was started monday when we got back here trying to get more co-sponsors for the bill. in just over 24 hours, we picked up 21 co-sponsors and we believe that we will have even more by the end of today. sadly, none of those co-sponsors are republicans. and we have approached many of our republican friends and colleagues. some of them say they are thinking about it, and we hope they think hard about it, and we hope speaker boehner will bring this bill to the floor by this friday. it would send a message to the moms, to the dads, to the people of this country that we're serious. and there is one more thing that needs to happen now, as we prepare for the holiday season. every single american who cares about this issue needs to pick up the phone, needs to call their member of congress and needs to ask them where do you stand? we need to see what you're going to do and who you stand with to stop this terrible
giffords was shot. now just to show you how this dialogue really has changed, we started a group that was started monday when we got back here trying to get more co-sponsors for the bill. in just over 24 hours, we picked up 21 co-sponsors and we believe that we will have even more by the end of today. sadly, none of those co-sponsors are republicans. and we have approached many of our republican friends and colleagues. some of them say they are thinking about it, and we hope they think hard...
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giffords, was shot. just to show you how this dialogue really has changed, we started a group of us started monday when we got back here trying to get some more co-sponsors for congresswoman mccarthy's and my bill, and in just over 24 hours we have picked up 21 co-sponsors. and we believe that we'll have even more by the end of today. sadly, none of those co-sponsors are republicans. and we have approached many of our republican friends and colleagues, some of them say they are thinking about it, and we hope they think hard about it, and we hope speaker boehner will bring this bill to the floor by this friday. it would send a message to the moms, to the dads, to the people of this country that we are serious. and there's one more thing that needs to happen now as we prepare for the holiday season. every single american who cares about this issue needs to pick up the phone, needs to call their member of congress, and needs to ask them, where do you stand? we need to see what you're going to do and who you
giffords, was shot. just to show you how this dialogue really has changed, we started a group of us started monday when we got back here trying to get some more co-sponsors for congresswoman mccarthy's and my bill, and in just over 24 hours we have picked up 21 co-sponsors. and we believe that we'll have even more by the end of today. sadly, none of those co-sponsors are republicans. and we have approached many of our republican friends and colleagues, some of them say they are thinking about...
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giffords, in order to learn more about public service. they say, mr. president, that nearly 40% of americans know someone directly who has been a victim of gun violence. in christina's case, her father was my high school classmate back in delaware. gun violence touches families, communities and neighborhoods all over this country. so, mr. president, what do we owe these parents? what can we offer their families besides our thoughts and prayers? i believe we must fulfill our central responsibility of protecting the safety of our children and our communities while also preserving the individual liberties guaranteed in our constitution. on sunday night, we watched our president, president obama, speak to a community reeling in shock and grief for the fourth time in his time as president. he asked us as a nation whether we're doing enough to protect our children, and he gave us the painfully honest answer, that we did not give ourselves after fort hood, after tucson, after aurora. he said no, we are not, we are not doing enough to protect our
giffords, in order to learn more about public service. they say, mr. president, that nearly 40% of americans know someone directly who has been a victim of gun violence. in christina's case, her father was my high school classmate back in delaware. gun violence touches families, communities and neighborhoods all over this country. so, mr. president, what do we owe these parents? what can we offer their families besides our thoughts and prayers? i believe we must fulfill our central...